Jeff's View (eBook)
128 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-049592-7 (ISBN)
Gottfried Schatz is one of the world's leading scientists in the field of bioenergetics and mitochondria biology. Born in a small Austrian village, he started his scientific career at the University of Graz, and ended it as President of the Swiss Science and Technology Council. With stints as a violinist in Austrian opera houses, professorships in the USA and Switzerland, and numerous prestigious awards along the way, Jeff is a true European, whose unique, and often controversial, viewpoints are appreciated by scientists and politicians alike.
These essays look at science from a very personal angle - often critical, sometimes sad, but always with excitement, wonder, and admiration. It is hoped that they will make you look at science with a slightly different view.
*Witty, insightful, and thought-provoking looks into life of a modern scientist
*Provides useful insights on how to get funding, give seminars, and still find time to make that scientific discovery
*Explores recent breakthroughs in science: genome sequencing, sensory receptor evolution, and cellular suicide
Jeff's Views provide witty, insightful, and thought-provoking looks into the life of a modern scientist. From starting off to letting go, Gottfried ("e;Jeff?) Schatz leads us through the trials and triumphs of scientific life. With his tongue firmly in his cheek, and his humour always intact, the Austrian essayist leads us through the confusing and seemingly insurmountable hill that is the career path of European scientists. In addition to giving useful insights into how to get funding, give seminars, and still find time to make that leading edge scientific discovery, Jeff explores the philosophical dimensions of recent biological breakthroughs such as the sequencing of the human genome, the evolution of sensory receptors, and cellular suicide. Gottfried Schatz is one of the world's leading scientists in the field of bioenergetics and mitochondria biology. Born in a small Austrian village, he started his scientific career at the University of Graz, and ended it as President of the Swiss Science and Technology Council. With stints as a violinist in Austrian opera houses, professorships in the USA and Switzerland, and numerous prestigious awards along the way, Jeff is a true European, whose unique, and often controversial, viewpoints are appreciated by scientists and politicians alike. These essays look at science from a very personal angle - often critical, sometimes sad, but always with excitement, wonder, and admiration. It is hoped that they will make you look at science with a slightly different view.*Witty, insightful, and thought-provoking looks into life of a modern scientist*Provides useful insights on how to get funding, give seminars, and still find time to make that scientific discovery*Explores recent breakthroughs in science: genome sequencing, sensory receptor evolution, and cellular suicide
Cover 1
JEFF’S VIEW: on science and scientists 4
Copyright Page 5
Content 6
Foreword 8
About the author 10
Chapter 1. Letter to a young scientist 12
Chapter 2. How (not) to give a seminar 22
Chapter 3. Me and my genome 32
Chapter 4. My other genomes 44
Chapter 5. The tragic matter 54
Chapter 6. My secret university 64
Chapter 7. Mighty manganese 74
Chapter 8. My two blues 86
Chapter 9. Postdocs 100
Chapter 10. The art of stepping back 112
Chapter 11. Networks, fretworks 122
Chapter 12. Euro-Blues 132
Chapter 13. The severed chains 144
Chapter 14. Five easy steps to get rid of your lab 154
Chapter 15. The risks of playing safe 160
Chapter 16. Chauvinism in science 174
Chapter 17. Letting go 188
Epilogue 198
Acknowledgments 202
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 7.11.2005 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Biochemie | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zellbiologie | |
Technik | |
ISBN-10 | 0-08-049592-3 / 0080495923 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-08-049592-7 / 9780080495927 |
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